पहाड

See also: पहाड़ and पहाड़ी

Nepali

Etymology

Etymology tree
Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa)?
Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पाहाड (pāhāḍa)
Hindi पहाड़ (pahāṛ)bor.
Nepali पहाड

    Borrowed from Hindi पहाड़ (pahāṛ),[2] from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पाहाड (pāhāḍa), possibly from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa). Doublet of पहरो (paharo).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [pä̤ːɽ]
    • Phonetic Devanagari: पाःड्

    Noun

    पहाड • (pahāḍ)

    1. mountain, hill

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pāhāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 459: “N. paharo 'rock, cliff' (pahāṛ 'mountain' ← H.)”
    2. ^ [1]

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